Clinton, Obama, Edwards Run Better In Ohio...Obama Narrows Gap With Clinton

[Kolesar]

The Plain Dealer had an encouraging column today by Peter Brown about the GOP disaster which is still unfolding in Ohio. Here is a bit of Brown's analysis and the polling report.

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1322.xml?ReleaseID=1029

March 22, 2007 - Clinton, Obama, Edwards Run Better In Ohio, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Obama Narrows Gap With Clinton Among Democrats

Ohio, a key state in the 2004 presidential election, continues to slightly lean towards the Democratic candidates for 2008, with New York Sen. Hillary Clinton and 2004 vice presidential candidate John Edwards holding slight edges over top Republican candidates, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.


Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has moved up and now ties Rudolph Giuliani 42 - 42 percent and leads Arizona Sen. John McCain 45 - 37 percent, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds. In other general election matchups:

:bluebox: Sen. Clinton defeats Mayor Giuliani 46 - 43 percent; Sen. McCain 46 - 42 percent and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney 51 - 32 percent;

:bluebox: Sen. Obama bests Romney 51 - 26 percent;

:bluebox: Edwards has 43 percent to Giuliani's 42 percent, and tops McCain 45 - 37 percent and Romney 53 - 26 percent.

"The Democrats generally seem to be doing somewhat better in Ohio than in some other historical swing states," said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "Although it is 20 months until Election Day, the Republicans may want to determine why. This poll is especially good news for Sen. Obama as some Democrats seem to be looking for someone other than Sen. Clinton."


(We did not sweep the legislature, though)

"The Democrats swept last November's election in Ohio and new Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland is quite popular, while the war in Iraq is as unpopular there as in the rest of the country. Those could be the reasons for the current Democratic tilt in Ohio."

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Ohio voters disapprove 66 - 30 percent of the job President George W. Bush is doing and say 73 - 21 percent that the nation is heading in the wrong direction.

Voters disapprove 69 - 28 of President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq and say 60 - 34 percent that going to war in Iraq was the wrong thing to do.

[cmd]

1. Romney is still the one I worry about

I predicted long ago that he will be the gop candidate. Just my gut feeling. It is good to see his numbers that low.

[geiger]

2. "the GOP disaster ,,,is still unfolding in Ohio." I like that phrase.